Price tag



"June 15 1926.

- M. S. LANDON PRICE TAG Filed June 3. 1925 fflazalaig/fndmr Jimmy Patented June 15, 1926.

UNITED. STATES MILES s. LANDON, or ANGOLA, NEW YORK.

PRICE TAG.

Application filed June 3, 1925.

My invention relates to price tags, marl;-

, ing tags, or like articles.

Price tags are invariably provided with pointed prongs adapted to be passed through the object or article to which the tag 1s to be attached, and these prongs when passed through silk hosiery or fine underwear, or when attached to silk yard goods, and the like, often injure the same, particularly in the case of hosiery, causing a start for run- 11ers.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a tag or label devoid of penetrating parts such as usually are employed in price tags. r

A further object of my invention is to provide a tag or label, which is of simple construction and which can be readily clipped to an article for marking the same to disclose the cost and selling price, or to impart any other desired information.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the sub o1ned claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the tag or label showing the manner of applying the same to an article, the view disclosing the front of the tag or label.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the tag applied to a portion of an article and illustrating the manner in which the clip or grip tongue of the device engages the article.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse section taken on line 1 1, Fig.

Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line 55, Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the tag or label opened up and showing the retainer or stay portion of the metallic or wire me1nber forming part of the device.

Fig. 7 is a detached perspective view of the metallic or wire member of the device.

Fig. 8 is a view of a modified form of tag or label, showing the paper body portion of the tag opened up to disclose the retainer or stay portion of the metallic or wire member.

Fig. 9 is a view of the modification similar to Fig. 5.

The reference numeral 10 designates my improved tag or label and 11 an article to SSel'iEtl No. 34,710.

which the tag or label is applied. As best shown in Fig. 6, the tag or label comprises a paper or other suitable body portion 12 and a metallic member 13.

The body portion is in the form of an elo11- gated strip of paper, cloth, or other foldable material, adapted to be folded along the fold line indicated by the dotted line 1st, shown in Fig. 6, and one side thereof is provided with an adhesive at opposite ends, as indicated at 15.

At the fold line, the body portion is provided with a transversely elongated opening 16 through which a portion of the metallic or wire member 13 is passed.

The metallic or wire member in its preferred form comprises three parallel tongues 17, 18 and 19, the two tongues 17 and 19 being shorter than the tongue 18, which latter is disposed between the two tongues 17 and 19, and at one end these tongues are arranged in transverse alinement. This metallic or wire member may be referred to as a combined retainerand clip member and it is preferably constructed of a length of wire bent midway between its ends, as at 20, to provide the spaced parallel sides of the intermediate or clip tongue 18, the wire being rebentat corresponding ends of the sides of said tongue, as at 21, and directed parallel with said tongue 18 to points at opposite sides of and between the ends of the tongue 18, at which points it is rebent, as at 22, to provide the second side of each of the tougues 17 and 19, the extremities of the wire being curved, as at 23, in alinement with the rebent portions 21. Therefore, the parts 21 and 23 are in transverse alinemcnt, so designed for a purpose to presently appear.

The tongue 18, which may be referred to as the clip tongue, for the reason that it is adapted to be clipped onto an article, is narrower than'the remainder of the metallic or wire member of which it forms part and is adapted to be thrust through the transversely elongated opening 16 from the inner side of the body portion so as to lie in contact with the outer side thereof, When thus disposed, the two tongues 17 and 19, which may be referred to as the retainer tongues and serve as a stop, lie in contact with the inner side of said body portion. When the wire member is thus attached to the body portion of the tag or label, the rebent portions 21 and the curved extremities 23 of the wire forming saidwire member are in transverse salinement at the fold line 14. The body portion is then folded upon said fold line, the adhesive 15 moistened and the two folded parts or members of the body portion glued together, with the result that the interior of the body portion is fully concealed, as are the retainer tongues 17 and 19.

On the exposed surface of the outer folded part or member of the body portion, any desired information may be printed, as shown for example in Fig. 1. When the body portion is folded it will be noted that the. rebent portions 21 and the curved ex tremities '23 of the wire member lie adjacent the fold of said body portion and abut against the same. Therefore, lateral movement of the tongues 17, 18 and 19 is prevented. Displacement of the wire member is also prevented since it is necessary to unfold the body portion before the clip tongue 18 can be withdrawn from the opening 16 in said body port-ion.

lYith the parts thus arranged, the two exterior surfaces of the two folded parts or members of the body portion and the clip tongue 18 only of the wire member are exposed, said clip tongue being adapted to be forced over the article so as to lie against one side thereof while the folded body portion is disposed at the other side of the article. The three tongues of the wire member are in the same plane; consequently, the clip tongue 18 is forced out of alinement with the two retainer tongues 17 and 19 after said clip tongue is passed through the slot of the body portion. The clip tongue is therefore maintained under tension and its inherent resiliency will assure proper retention of the tag on any article over which the clip tongue may he slipped; at least to the extent of guarding against the tag becoming loosened accidentally.

111 the modification shown in Figs. 8 and 9 the wire forming the combined clip and retainer member has loops 2i formed at op posite ends thereof which take the place of the retainer tongues 17 and 19. and therefore may be termed retainer loops. These loops. by reason of their abutting against the fold of the body portion also prevent lateral movement of the clip tongue when the wire member is fastened to said body portion. In this modification, however, the body portion is reduced in length so that it comprises a long part or member 25 at one side of the fold line and a short part or member 26 at the other side of said line; and at opposite lateral marginal portions, adjacent regions of said long and short parts or members 25, 26, respectively, are provided with an adhesive, as indicated at 27. hen folding the short part or member 26 onto the long part or member 25, the two may be sealed togethor so as to conceal the retainer loops 2% of the combined clip and retainer member. It will be apparent that due to the retainer loops 2 1 being short compared to the retainer tongues 17 and 19, complete concealment of said retainer loops is provided for even though the body portion is shortened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A tag or the like, comprising a thin elongated body portion folded between its ends and having a transversely elongated opening at its folded portion, a combined clip and retain-er member formed of a length of wire bent upon itself midway between its ends to provide a clip tongue having parallel sides and being rebent at opposite ends of said sides and directed parallel with said clip tongue to a point between the ends of the latter, at which points said wire is again rebent to form retainer tongues. the extremities of said wire being curved upon itself, said clip tongue being thrust through the transversely elongated opening of said body portion and lying in forcible contact with the outer side of. said body portion and said retainer tongues lying in contact with the inner side of said body portion, corresponding ends of said combined clip and retainer member lying against the fold of said body portion to prevent lateral movement of said tongues.

2. A tag or the like, comprising a thin elongated body portion folded between its ends and having a transversely elongated opening at its folded portion, a combined clip and retainer member formed of a length of wire bent upon itself midway between its ends to provide a clip tongue and being rebent and fashioned at corresponding points distant from said midway bend to form terminal retainer elements, said clip tongue being thrust through the transversely elongated opening of said body portion and lying in contact with the outer side of said body portion and said retainer elements lying in contact with the inner side of said body portion, the ends of said combined clip and retainer member lying against the fold of said body portion to prevent lateral movement of said clip tongue.

In testimony whereof I affix my sin.

a MILES S. LAND-Obi. 

